So he said to them, "Depart for three days, then come back to me." And the people departed.
1 Kings 12:5
Surrounding context
12:4 "Your father made our yoke heavy; now therefore, lighten the burdensome service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you."
12:5 So he said to them, "Depart for three days, then come back to me." And the people departed.
12:6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he said, "How do you advise me to answer these people?"